"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.
  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )